Ice-creeper.



A. SCHEMEL.

ICE CREEPER. APPLICATION FILED MAYI4. I918.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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To all whom it may concern: 1

,Be it known that I, ABRAHAM SGHEMEL,

a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, the county ofWestchester State of New York, haveinvented a new and ImprovedIce-Creeper, of which the following is'a full, clear, and exactdescription. l

Heretofore ice creepers embodying a body plate having sharpened spursextended therefrom have been secured tothe shoe on the human foot bymeans of'astrap or other suitable means for holding the creeper inservice. Difiiculties have arisen largely chargeable to the fact thatthe wearer has when entering a house or upon a porch with immediatelyleaving the The expedient of Walking on the toes has been used with theresult that the foot has been unintentionally lowered,

which has allowed the points of the spurs to damage the floor, carpet orother surface with which they are brought into contact.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to avoid thedifiiculties above set forth. With this object in view, the

invention consists principally in providing a spurred plate removablyattached to the means provided for holding it in service on the shoe.The means employed for accomplishing the purpose is hereinafterdisclosed in the drawings.

Drawings.

Figure I is a side view of an ice creeper constructed and arranged inaccordancewith the present invention, shown as in an active position; a

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the cooperative members forming acreeper constructed in accordance with" the present invention, themembers being shown as separated for the sake of clarity;

Fig. 3 is a cross section on an enlarged scale of the creeper, thesection being taken as on the line 33 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the creeper, the section being takenas on the line 44in Fig. 3.

' Description.

As seen in the drawings, a creeper plate is permanently held in servicerelation to a shoe 10 by a strap 11. The strap 11 engages the plate 9 bymeans of a fiat loop 12.

-vent1on'1n service, the strap "contained therein, the plate 9 posedbelow the arch of the foot and the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1918. Serial No. 234,471.

Patented Au J27, 191s.

upset from the body of-the plate 9 and separated therefrom at the endsto form a passage through the 'sai 18 arranged to hold in service thespur plate 13,; and d has pendent lugs 14, which operate as stop membersfor detergated slot 15, which operates witlithe head 16 ofa latch 17mounted on the plate 13 inserted when the plate 13 is disposed in.

service.

To install an ice creeper constructed and arranged in accordance w1ththe present inaround the instep of the shoe I0 and the foot shank of theshoe. The strap 11 is drawn sufliciently tight to hold the plate inposition. If the strap 11 and plate 9 are installed while the the houseor on plate 13 engages the lugs 14, the latch head 16 is alined with theslot 15 and springs into engagement therewith.

hen the user desires to remove the plate 3 and avoid marring a surfacewith the spurs 19 of the creeper, he engages the handle end 22 of thelatch 17 and presses downward thereon until the head 16 is disengagedfrom the slot 15. The plate 13 Glaz'ms.

1. An ice creeper comprising a keeper plate; means for attaching thesame to a shoe for the human foot when in service; a spur plateremovably attached to said keeper plate; and means for locking said spurplate for on said keeper plate, said means embodying edges on said spurplate, said edges being overturned in spaced relation to the body ofsaid spur plate forming channels for the edges of said keeper plate.

2. An ice creeper comprising a keeper plate; means for attaching thesame to a shoe for the human foot when in service; a spur plateremovably attached to said keeper plate; means for locking said spurplate on said keeper plate, said means embodying a spring latch mountedon one of said plates for engaging the other of said plates; and meansmanually operable for releasing said latch.

-3. An icecreeper comprising a keeper plate; means for attaching thesame to a shoe the human foot when in service; a spur plate removablyattached to said keeper plate; means for locking said spur plate on saidkeeper plate, said means embodying a spring latch mounted on one forengaging the other of said plates; and means manually operable forreleasing said latch, said means embodying an operating handle extendedfrom the end of said spur plate.

4. An ice creeper comprising a keeper plate; means for attaching thesame to a shoe for the human foot when in service; a spur plateremovably attached to said keeper plate; means for locking said spurplate on said keeper plate, said means embodying a spring latch mountedon one of saidplates for engaging the other of said plates; and meansmanually operable for releasing said latch, said means embodying ahandle end integrally formed with said latch and extended from the sideof said spur plate.

ABRAHAM SCHEMEL.

of said plates

